HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House of Representatives. 1. The lower chamber of the U.S. Congress, composed of 435 members — apportioned among the states on the basis of population — who are elected to two-year terms. [Cases: United States  7.1. C.J.S. United States § 16.] 2. The lower house of a state legislature. — Abbr. (in senses 1 & 2) H.; H.R. [Cases: States  26. C.J.S. States § 40.] 3.HOUSE OF DELEGATES(1). — Often shortened (in all senses) to House.

[Blacks Law 8th]